The Mary's Land Terrible Terrapins continued their struggles in preseason with a forgettable showing against the Alkhorne State Graves. While there were some moments of inspired play on the side of the terrapins, it was overshadowed by their inability to dominate the line of scrimmage as well as the loss of one of their star skinksJaxson Airy
(major - economics). This in spite of the Alkhorne State Graves missing many of their key blockers on the front line.
Harmony One-Love, surprised by the ferocious squirrel, questioning all of her devotion to nature, peace and love
The first half started with the terrapins kicking off and trying to set a defensive line. This included Harmony One-Love
(major - underwater biodegradable container construction) facing off against Akhorn the squirrel. Harmony, who is a known lover of nature, thought that the squirrel had just wandered onto the pitch and mistakenly took it as a lovable woodland creature. Akhorn was only too happy to take advantage of her confusion, knocking her to the ground with a brilliant uphill block. Harmony could not quite recover from this for the rest of the game as she spent most of the rest of the game staring into the skies and quiet contemplation, perhaps questioning her value system and the decisions she's made in protecting woodland creatures. This however, left the terrapins line woefully short against the Alkhorne attack. Despite our heroic defense in which Jaxson Airy was able to come up with the ball, the Alkhorne State Graves were not to be denied and ended up pushing it in for a first half touchdown.
The second half started with Mary's Land taking an aggressive push up one side of the field, seeking the quick equalizer. However, Harmony still was dazed from her initial beating by the hands of a squirrel and was left to contemplate her decisions in the backfield. This all came to a head when coach Lancelott lost his cool and had to be restrained from running onto the pitch and beat some sense into Harmony. In spite of her coaches antics, Harmony was able to clear her head long enough to open up a hole for O. Sean City
(major - business/logistics) to squeak through and tie up the game.
Jaxson Airy seeing his last Blood Bowl match at the hands of a block from Gideon Spottsville
Looking to try to come away with another 1-1 tie, the Terrapins did their best to try to set up their defense and stop the murderous Graves. This was not to be as after some failed rushes by the team and the death of Jaxson Airy at the hands of a block from Gideon Spottsville, there was not much that the Terrapins could do to stop the drive.
Now with one draw and one loss under their belt, the Terrapins look to regroup and salvage what has been overall a mediocre preseason. The job does not get any easier as they are facing the dangerous Michigaunt Wolferines, Coach Lancelot certainly has his work cut out for him.
